Quotations and aphorisms by Chester Bennington:

I don't drink. I choose to be sober now. I have drunk over the last six years, but I just don't want to be that person anymore.~Chester Bennington

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I always wanted to be a rock star. That was my childhood dream. That's what I told everybody I was going to be when I grew up.~Chester Bennington

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All of our songs take these really big creative turns and twists throughout the process, so sometimes songs will start out as a melody or some musical chord progressions.~Chester Bennington

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Touring for two years is excruciating.~Chester Bennington

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It's cool to be a part of recovery. This is just who I am, this is what I write about, what I do, and most of my work has been a reflection of what I've been going through in one way or another.~Chester Bennington

Well, we promised our fans that we'd put out records faster, and that's what we're doing. We figured out a way to condense our cycle, so to speak, by... continuing to write, trying to keep the creative ball rolling as often as possible.~Chester Bennington

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When I'm writing, I'm constantly thinking about myself, because it's the only experience I have to draw on. And I don't see an exact reflection of myself in every face in the audience, but I know that my songs have validity to them, and that's why the fans are there.~Chester Bennington

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You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it.~Chester Bennington

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This is a business of love and labor.~Chester Bennington

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I have been able to tap into all the negative things that can happen to me throughout my life by numbing myself to the pain so to speak and kind of being able to vent it through my music.~Chester Bennington

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It's not cool to be an alcoholic.~Chester Bennington

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We don't sit down and go, 'People are uneasy about the economy. Let's write about that.'~Chester Bennington